Honey Sriracha Glazed Meatballs

These Honey Sriracha Glazed Meatballs are sweet, spicy and full of so much flavor! They also take less than 30 minutes to make and are perfect for weekly meal prep!

You guys I have been utterly obsessed with Sriracha lately!

My hubby makes fun of me because I literally put this stuff on everything, but um can anyone relate?? Sriracha is spicy, but not TOO hot….it has some sweetness, but only slightly, and let me just say that it tastes absolutely incredible over top of these meatballs! I mean you really can’t go wrong with delicious flavors like Sriracha, soy sauce, ginger, honey, and garlic all drizzled over baked (yes baked!) turkey meatballs. The best part is this whole meal takes less than 30 minutes from start to finish which means you can have a quick, easy and healthy dinner in little to no time at all!

Are you hungry yet??

Meatballs are such a staple recipe to have on hand because not only do they make great party appetizers, but these turkey meatballs also make a super filling meal you know you can feel good about eating! These meatballs are baked (not fried) and have so much flavor all on their own. You could really use this basic meatball recipe to mix with any sauce you’d like so I definitely urge you to bookmark this or pin it for later!

Seriously though these Honey Sriracha Meatballs would make such a fun party appetizer and I can guarantee would be a huge hit among your friends! You can easily throw them into your crock pot too, but I would suggest cutting the baking time in half allowing the meatballs to cook the rest of the way in the crock pot for about 2 hours on low. I would also recommend doubling the sauce so the meatballs stay nice and coated.

Seriously you guys this recipe is super easy and I can’t begin to tell you how much I was looking forward to my lunch each day. This meatball recipe makes about 40 (1 1/2-inch) meatballs so it was perfect for my hubby and I to each have about 3 lunches leftover, once we devoured some for dinner of course.

I made a big batch of brown rice to serve with the meatballs, but you could easily use quinoa or even cauliflower rice if you prefer, and added about a 1/2 cup of cooked rice to each bowl. I also added some shredded carrots for a good crunch! Then just top everything with some green onions and sprinkle on a few sesame seeds and you’ve got a deliciously FILLING and healthy meal all ready to go!

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Now on to this ooey gooey mouthwatering sauce. You guys it is a MUST! Seriously. Not only is this sauce ridiculously easy to make, but as I said before, how can you go wrong with flavors like Sriracha, soy sauce, ginger, honey, and garlic?! The answer is you can’t. Most store-bought sauces come saturated in preservatives and other ingredients that you can’t really pronounce which is why I am all about making my own.

This sauce would also taste great with chicken too so expect another recipe real soon! Mmm I’m thinking lettuce wraps…

Hope you guys enjoy these Honey Sriracha Glazed Meatballs as much as we did and remember to tag me on Instagram using the hashtag #eatyourselfskinnyrecipe if you end up making these! I promise you’ll thank me later *wink*

In a large bowl, mix together turkey, breadcrumbs, eggs, green onions, garlic powder and salt/pepper until well combined. Shape mixture into 1½-inch balls (you'll make roughly 40 balls) and place spaced apart on prepared baking sheets lightly sprayed with cooking spray.

Bake meatballs for 20 to 25 minutes, or until browned and cooked through.

While the meatballs are baking, combine all the ingredients for the sauce in a small saucepan and bring to a boil over medium heat, whisking continuously. Reduce heat and simmer for 8 to 10 minutes (the sauce will start to thicken) then toss with the meatballs.

Serve immediately over brown rice and top with green onions and a few sesame seeds. Enjoy!

Be careful with ground turkey, it’s defintely not always the HEALTHEST choice. Often times it’s higher in fat and calories than ground beef of the same lean/fat ratio. If you get it too lean, it’s near tasteless.

This really, truly IS the best recipe I have ever made/tasted from the Eat Yourself Skinny blog! Kelly has SO many awesome recipes, but this one is by FAR my favorite!!! The brown rice goes perfectly with these flavor-filled, slightly spicy and slight sweet meatballs! I LOVE THESE!!!

I made these meatballs tonight for dinner, I doubled the sauce, cause that’s what I do. 😊 They were a bit too spicy, and I like spicy food! I was wondering do you think they were so spicy because I doubled the sauce? Maybe I messed up on the ingredients, but I didn’t get much sweetness at all, just heat. I ended up sprinkling some brown sugar over the top of the meatballs and sauce to tone down the heat. I will make them again, but your input will be helpful to know if I need to add a little more sweetness for my palate. Are they typically very spicy? Maybe I’m more of a wimp than I thought! PS…yes I did add the honey. 😉

Hmm I’m thinking it may have been a combination of doubling the sauce and not having enough sweetness to cut the spice. I would add another tablespoon of honey and I’ve adjusted the recipe accordingly 🙂 Sorry they turned out too spicy for you!

Hi there, just discovered this recipe and excited to try it! I’m curious about your calorie count though – does that include the rice or just the meatballs? I’m guessing not based on the fibre content but wanted to check in! Thanks for sharing this recipe!

YUM! I made these last night for my weekly meal prep and they were amazing!! I served them over a bed of spiced cauliflower and sesame garlic snap peas on the side. Definitely going to become a regular meal for me. Thank you!

Thanks so much for the recipe! My coworker brought them in for lunch and I had to get the recipe and copy her. Now my mom makes it too! I have even put the sauce on boneless skinless chicken thighs. It’s so so good!

This looks very delicious. This meatball can be cooked in short time, this recipe will be very helpful for our family because of everybody always in hurry for their daily task. Thanks for the awesome share.

I made these today. First attempt at meal prep for the week. Made everything according to directions, found the sauce just needed a wee bit more sweet to it for my taste, so I plunked a pinch of brown sugar into it. I felt it was better if the sauce sat for a bit before adding to the meatballs, I was right. It was really really good. Next time I would make more sauce. I had leftovers and didn’t have sauce for tomorrow. I will definetly add this to my roatation. Thank you for a great addition.

I never do this. But I’m actually so proud of myself and that is all thanks to you. You were my first step in meal preps and I’m so thankful to you. I am newly made widow as well as a new single mom of a 14 moth old and I just thank you. This is my outlet and without this idk I just dk… thank you.

I made this last night and it was delicious. I made meal prep bowls for my lunches the next few days with the meatballs and sauce, brown rice and steamed broccoli. The meatballs cooked wonderfully and the sauce was delicious. Next time I will use less Sriacha, I enjoy really spicy food and I found it to be a little too spicy even for me but I will adjust next time. I also froze half the meatballs. Will definitely add this recipe to my rotation!

How long can these be in the fridge for meal prepping. New to meal prepping and looking for any tips/tricks for meal prepping for two people so food doesn’t go to waste. Thank you! Can’t wait to make this recipe.

I made this into a big turkey meatloaf because I’m super pregnant and lacked the ambition to make individual meatballs today. It was delicious as a meatloaf! The sauce is delicious, can’t wait to try it with chicken. Thanks for a great recipe

I only have 16 ounce turkey meat…should I just half the recipe? Also giving this to my little ones should I omit the Siracha sauce or just half the sauce? I’ve never had the sauce so not too sure how spicy it is…my little ones don’t like lots of spice they can handle a little bit.

Amanda, I would say 2 things here: I would have 4 balls per serving. That would be 1 red. Even if you had 5 balls, that’s 1 red. This is the case ONLY if you have 40 balls in the end. Basically, you have 32 oz of meat, divided by 8 equals 4oz per person of that raw meat. If you have 40 balls in the end and divide that by 8, that’s 5 balls each. So that’s the serving size to get 4 oz each.

for the 21 DF, I would say 4 balls is a red. the rest is negligible because 1 cup of panko divided by 8 is 1/8 cup and that’s 2 tblsp. I would keep it in mind with whatever else you eat in the day, but there’s no way to calculate that in the app. However, this recipe has sugary items in it with the honey and the other ingredients, so I would probably say it’s 1 yellow because of the carbs.

Yes you definitely can! You could either just put the turkey meatballs right into the crock pot (without baking) or brown them a bit in a skillet then place them in the slow cooker on low for 4 to 6 hours. You also might want to double the sauce as well. I’ll definitely give this a go and see how they turn out!

Soooo good! Eating them now! I used the chili garlic relish For a spicier sauce, and they turned out hot and sweet and fantastic! Thank you for the great recipe. I’ve portioned them out and stuck them in the fridge for the week. How long will they keep in the fridge?

Hi,
I just looked up what sriracha was because I had no clue and wanted to make sure I could find it while shopping. HAHA! I was wondering if they would be too hot for the kiddos to eat? They’re 11, 8 & 7. The hubby is a truck driver so it’s mainly them I feed everything to. They sound really good but makes me nervous. I don’t want to burn their little mouths lol.

Girl- just made these last night and had them for my lunch at work today. Awesome!!!! A little hotter than I’m used to but I might be gettin on the spicy train after all! these are perfectly balanced with hot and sweet and not too saucy! I just found your site -Thank you for the wonderful precise directions and great recipes- now I am going to start my new year off with lots of them !

These meatballs were delicious when I baked them… But I tried your slow cooker method and there was way too much sauce. I haven’t tried them in the slow cooker again but if I did I would only add an extra half recipe of sauce, definitely not double.

Hi! I would say leave out the chives as they are more of an herb than onion-flavor, but you could finely chop a regular onion if you have one on hand! Or feel free to use some onion powder (about 1/2 teaspoon) if you don’t have a regular one 🙂

Hi! I can’t wait to try these they look so yum! Quick (and possibly stupid) question though, when you make them for meal prep for work etc do you then eat them cold or reheat? If the latter how long for? Sorry, I’m new to the whole food prep thing! Thanks in advance! 🙂

I always reheat them 🙂 You can either nuke them in the microwave on 30 second intervals until they are heated to your liking or dump them in a small pot (with the sauce) on your stove top and reheat them on low that way. Up to you!

When you reheat them as meal prep do you have an issue with the meat absorbing too much of the sauce or do you keep them separate until you reheat? I have tried meatballs for meal prep several times and haven’t quite found the sweet spot yet of them tasting as good and keeping their moisture as the week goes on

I keep the sauce on the meatballs for meal prep and the best way I’ve found to reheat them and still keep some moisture is to place a damp paper towel over top of the meatballs when re-heating them in the microwave 🙂 You could always whip up a little extra sauce too if you know you’re going to be meal prepping and like more sauce!

I LOVE this recipe. I made these meatballs for my boyfriend and he loved them so much he asked me to make them again. Within the last couple months I have made these meatballs about 5x because they’re that good! I use ground turkey and bobs red mill oats instead of the panko bread crumbs and they taste delicious! Thanks for sharing this recipe!

I made these last night and my fiance LOVED them. He said “this is probably one of the best things you’ve made off of the internet” and “these should go in the regular rotation.” I didn’t realize I only had 1 lb of turkey and I made the recipe as is without cutting everything in half and they were still yummy!

This recipe is lower in carbs than most, but unfortunately it’s not keto-friendly because of the breadcrumbs and honey in the sauce. There are some sugar-free substitutes out there that you could use if you really want to make this recipe though 🙂

These were delicious! I actually used a variety of hot sauces including Harvey’ Revenge & Frank Red Hot. I changed it up a little and Air Fried the meatballs at 350 for 10 minutes and it worked just as good! Thanks

So I made these last night and they were great. They were a little spicy, which I don’t mind, but that was all I tasted. I didn’t taste any honey. I mixed them in with the spiral carrots and rice and that helped a lot, but still tasted mostly sriracha. Going to try your suggestion and either half the sriracha or get a less spicy chili spice. Thanks for the recipe.

My boyfriend and I made these meatballs last night to meal prep for the week ahead; not only were these super east & quick to make, they were absolutely DELISH! We will definitely be re-making this recipe a couple times a month 😍 The sauce would be a great addition to a stirfry or chicken dish as well… super super yummy!

These were great!! I added my own ‘flare”
– used ground turkey and ground pork
– for the sauce I added the juice of one orange and orange zest, and thinkened it with cornstarch and water mixture. Only 1 Tbsp of siraccha used, hubby isn’t a spicy fan.

I just made these the other night and they were absolutely delicious! They weren’t spicy for me at all, but I can eat things that are medium heat so I wasn’t worried about the heat for these. The sauce is perfectly balanced with sweet and spicy and I love the turkey meatballs both with and without the sauce. I ate them with quinoa and some baked carrots and broccoli and potatoes I had and they were absolutely delicious! I definitely recommend this recipe to anyone who is thinking about trying it since it’s an easy and tasty recipe.

I had never tried sriracha before, and I was pretty certain I wouldn’t like it. However, this recipe is my favorite! Picky eaters out there, don’t be afraid of these! I usually add one extra tablespoon of honey since I like them a little sweeter. But these are great!

Made this recipe yesterday and it was fantastic. Easy to make and tastes delicious. Sriracha was a bit fiery so i reduced the amount, and i substituted the green onions with red onions (as that was what i had). Can’t wait to have it as left overs!

5 stars!! After reading other people’s reviews I decided to add an extra tablespoon of honey so it wouldn’t be as spicy. I also used quinoa as my side instead of brown rice. It went well with edamame as the side veggie as well. Delicious and I highly recommend it! My whole family loves it!!! Will make again.

Just chiming in to say that this recipe has become a weekday staple! We make it for dinner, and use the leftovers for lunch. Occasionally, we’ll add a couple of drops of hot sauce to make it extra spicy! Thanks for the recipe!

These meatballs were so delicious! I loved the recipe and they were easy to make. I thought they were a little spicy though but that may have been a good thing. I could only eat 5 meatballs because my mouth was on fire. That might not be a bad thing for my diet haha.

Made these tonight for dinner… the meatballs were so yummy and easy to make BUT the sauce was SO spicy I couldn’t even finish my plate because my mouth hurt so bad. Were they this spicy for everyone and I’m just a baby?!

These were SO good! Even my 2 picky kids loved them. I only used 1.5 tablespoon of the siracha because my daughter does not like a lot of spice. They were mild but you could still taste a little heat. Next time I make them I will double the sauce recipe as it was so good we wanted extra to dump on our rice and over the top of the meatballs.

I recently started meal prepping and came across this receipe. It is absolutely delicious!!! Right amount of sweet and spicy. I added a little more sirachi because I LOVE spicy foods. I served my meatballs over herb chicken couscous couscous.

These meatballs are ABSOLUTELY delicious. Savory and light and just perfect. I have made them many times at the request of my family since I discovered the recipe about 2 months ago. At the brilliant suggestion of my family, I have served them as prescribed and also with Bibb lettuce, chopped red peppers, red cabbage and matchstick carrots to make turkey meatball lettuce wraps! Thank you for sharing this and PLEASE keep your delicious recipes coming. 🙂

Made these tonight for dinner and my fiancé and I adored them! I did 1/8 cup of sriracha and 4 tablespoons of honey to cut the heat a bit. I also boiled broccoli for about 5 minutes and added some brown rice noodles (instead of rice) to make a Thai-inspired bowl. He added more sriracha on top so it made the perfect amount of heat for both of us! Thank you!!!

I made these tonight and they were delicious. I subbed couscous and red cabbage for the rice and carrots because it’s what I had in the house. I posted a pic with your # on my Instagram Thank you for the awesome recipe!!
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Hello! Just wanted to say I put the recipe into the recipe creator for weight watchers. I adjusted to serve 10 and used 99% lean ground turkey and it came out to 5pts including the sauce. The lean tastes great too. I did double the sauce in this recipe. Just Incase anyone needs a tiny bit lighter version! Thanks for this recipe so good!!

So glad I found this blog! I have saved about 30 recipes so far! I made these meatballs for the family last week and it was GREAT everyone loved it- even my three year old! Since than I have made your avocado recipe, cucumber and dill, and fajita and quinoa soup. LOVE IT!!

I am a vegetarian so I substituted the meatballs for vegetarian meatballs and they were amazing! I love spicy foo, but the sauce was a bit too hot! Not that it stopped me from devouring them before I even snapped a picture! However, I’m planning to add more honey or cut the Siracha down a little…guess real meatballs may absorb the heat a little more than ones made of vegetables! Either way this recipe is amazing and will become a regular in my house! Thank you!

Okay so I just made these…. I always read reviews before trying an internet recipe. I’m also from Australia. But holy **** ok. I usually wouldn’t leave a review but these are seriously effing DELICIOUS.

My bf and I absolutely love these meatballs! We use oats instead of breadcrumbs since my bf is GF. I dont likr spicy so I add an extra TBS or 2 of honey and we love them. I have been craving them for a few weeks since we first made them